Ard na mBlaosc

Ard na mBlaosc (Ardnableask) derives from the Irish 'ard' meaning height or high place, and 'blaosc' meaning shell, referring to the elevated terrain characteristic of its location. The townland lies within Tirhugh barony in Donegal civil parish, County Donegal, encompassing 155 acres. Tirhugh itself takes its name from Tír Aodha, 'the land of Aodh', referencing the 6th-century king Áed mac Ain...